Russian operatives linked to President Vladimir Putin's intelligence networks used commercial shipping routes to access UK ports and critical infrastructure sites.

Keir Starmer said the UK will always stand up to Putin's 'murderous machine' after the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry warned the Russian President personally ordered the Salisbury poisonings

The UK government said the sanctions apply to the GRU in its entirety over the Novichok poisoning that targeted Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer who defected to Britain.

Two suspected Russian spies slipped into the UK aboard commercial cargo vessels before visiting areas close to military bases and critical infrastructure, The i Paper can reveal. Earlier this year the two men entered Britain via docks at Torquay,

A UK public inquiry has concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin "must have" ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018.

A UK patrol ship has intercepted a Russian corvette and a tanker after shadowing them through the English Channel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday, adding that Russian naval activity around UK waters had increased by 30% over the past two years.

Mark Rutte's comments come a day after Putin rejected US proposals for peace in Ukraine after talks with US negotiators in Moscow.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said war with Europe is 'inevitable' and accused the West of 'deliberately' preparing for an armed conflict with Vladimir Putin